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Bookbinding1250-1500

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Aged dark brown leather book binding laid flat, with tooled geometric decoration including X-shapes, dot patterns, and a pointed fore-edge flap

Unknown, Bookbinding, 1250-1500, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Madina Collection of Islamic Art, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Bookbinding
Place Made
Syria or Egypt
Date Made
1250-1500
Medium
Leather over paper pasteboards, blind tooling
Dimensions
5 5/16 x 9 7/16 in. (13.49 x 23.97 cm)
Credit Line
The Madina Collection of Islamic Art, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2002.1.565
Classification
Manuscripts
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Islamic

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